Scared of going out of your home? You could be agarophobic

Sep 08, 2017

Quick Bites:

An Agoraphobic person feels scared to be in crowded places.

They might feel uncomfortable meeting new people.

Leaving an elevator is very hard for them.

Do people and places scare you? How often do you get cold feet while talking to someone unknown? Do you think you are not confident enough to go out in public? When you think you cannot just leave your house without being accompanied by someone, or if new and crowded places make you sweaty, you might be agoraphobic. No, your confidence has nothing to do with your fear of going to new places, meeting people or having dependency on others, you just have a very common illness called agoraphobia.

Yes, indeed agoraphobia is very common as a study reveals that Agoraphobia is more common in women than it is in men and the same studies also show that 40% of people have had impulsive panic attacks at some point of their life but still did not develop to the extreme stage of agoraphobia, where the sufferer experience a pounding heart with extremity.

What is Agoraphobia?

Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder, where you fear place, situations and people that might cause anxiety or distress and the sufferer might also feel trapped, embarrassed or helpless without any reason.

Being in an elevator, making use of public transportation, being in a crowded place can trigger anxiety attacks in a person with agoraphobia. The anxiety is just the fear of not having an escape or a help if intense/ extreme anxiety emerges. In most cases, people only have extreme level of anxiety stages after a couple of minor anxiety strokes that has had caused them to be scared of another attack, the place where it occurred and the people that caused it.

As per a person with agoraphobia, there is no place safe other than their own home, they do their best to avoid public places and crowds. The person, who is agoraphobic always seek the help or feel the need of a companion while going out of their homes, like a friend, a boyfriend or their siblings. They just need someone known around them while visiting public places.